Improvement in portable water-closets



T. BARRETT.

Portable Water-Closts. N0. 139,531. I -Patent ed.l u'ne 3,1873..

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IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,531, dated June 3,1873; application filed December 11, 1872.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THoMAs BARRETT, of

the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Portable Closet; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a longitudinalvertical ection of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of thesame in the plane .10 a), Fig. 1. Similar letters indicate correspondingparts. This invention consists in a portable watercloset, thereceiving-bowl of which connects by a pipe with a pump inclcsed in awatertank, which forms part of the case inclosing the entire apparatusin such a manner that by operating the pump the bowl can be readilywashed, and the deposit left in the bowl is swept down into a reservoirbelow, which when filled up can be readily lifted outand emptied.

in the drawing, the letter A designates a case, which is divided by apartition, a, in

' two compartments, B (J. The compartment B forms a water-tank in whichis situated a pump, D, the piston-rod of which extends up through thetop of the case, and is provided with a handle, b, so that it can bereadily operated by a person occupying the seat E. This seat extendsover the compartment 0 of the case A, and beneath its aperture 0 isplaced the bowlF. This bowl is set into. the top of a reservoir, G, andthe bottom of said bowlis closed by a trap-valve, d, which is balancedby a weight, sothat it opens whenever the bowl is partially filled, andwhen the bowl is empty said valve closes automatically. From the pump Dextends a pipe, e, into the sideot the bowl F, so that by operating thepump a stream of water can be injected into the bowl.

By these means the deposit left in the bowl can be readily washed downinto the reservoir G by the person occupying the seat E, and as soon asthe bowl has been emptied the valve (1 closes and the odor of thedeposit is prevented from escaping. The reservoir G is provided with abail or handle, by means of which it can be readily lifted out of thecase A whenever it is desired to empty and clean the same.

The pump is suspended in the reservoir B much below the top of the case,as shown, in such a manner as to admit of the .case being made of arectangular form, whereby a neat and compact device is produced; andfurther by the employment of the pump all cumbersome and elevated tanksare dispensed with and the pump can be made to fill up the reservoirwith water.

From this description it will be understood that my portablewater-closet can be used with advantage in sick rooms or hospitals, andit can also be used in country houses or other places where thewater-closets are generally erected at some distance from the mainbuilding.

I do not claim a water-closet wherein an elevated tank is employed forsupplying water to the bowl for washing down into -a vessel fecalmatter, for such is old and well known but What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The pump D provided with a handle, d, and suspended within the tank Bbelowthe top of the case, in combination with each other and with thepipe 6, bowl F, and tank G, substantially as described, for the objectspecified.

THOS. BARRETT. Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. G. KASTENHUBER.

